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A life-long student & believer in democratic ethos. Alum LSE| DU.
Dec 17, 2019 11 tweets 4 min read
The smoke surrounding #CAA debate has everyone outraging but hardly anyone understands the historical, legislative or humanitarian context to it. I came across certain facts on why the CAA is the right step after a long delay which I summarise here. 1/n #CitizenshipAmendmentAct is not an Act that the BJP or @AmitShah came up with to set some communal agenda. It was a just demand made by political parties across spectrum. Here is a letter CPI(M) General Secretary wrote to PM Manmohan Singh on May 12,2012 on Bengali refugees. 2/n